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Lake Bottom Blanket

32 Juniper Road

Wayne, NJ 07470

973-839-6383

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The Lake Bottom Blanket is intended to be used by lake front property owners to secure weed free areas for boat docking, swimming, etc. The Blanket works by preventing the sunlight required for plant growth from getting to the nutrient rich soil of the lake bottom. It need only be used for the short period of time required to suppress the season's growth of aquatic weeds in the targeted area. - about one month; after which time it can be moved to a new location or stored for the following season.

Blanket folded right out of the box	Blanket 1st Unfolded ( Pleated )

The standard Blanket is 10 feet wide, 40 feet long and with the recommended weights installed weights about 40 pounds. Handles are supplied on both ends to facilitate installation and removal. It can be readily handled by one person. When used and stored as recommended, the life of the Blanket will easily exceed 5 years.

The Blanket is made of several layers of polyethylene, including a woven layer of high density polyethylene. The transverse tubes intended to hold the rebar weights are integral with the sheet. These weight tubes are positioned so they direct the gases of decomposition to gas release ports in the plastic. (Patent Number 7083358B2 ) To save the user some money , it is recommended that the 3/8" rebar be purchased at the local building supply store. (However, we can supply the rebar if desired.)

Blanket completely unfolded black side up.	Blanket with white side up

Here is a link to a news report about Barriers being used in the Adirondack State Park... Also See our testimonials page for information on how our blankets are being used, without the use of Scuba divers as seen in this clip.  (Click Here)

A very good article on Aquatic Plant Management using bottom screening can be found at:

This is what the U.S. Army thinks.,  

Check out page 69 of this very thorough report. http://www.threelakescouncil.org/

Websites that link to Lake Bottom Blanket

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/water/envaff/aquatic/homeowner.html

http://www.mainecola.org/interestingwebsites.htm

http://weedcontrol.gardeningbeauty.com/non-chemical-weed-control-lakes.php

While we can go into a long discussion of what has been done and what is being done to control the aquatic weed nuisance in lakes, ponds, and ditches, we recommend that you go to www.aquatics.org/pubs/madsen2.htm. Dr. Madsen works for the Army Corps of Engineers in Research and Development and this article pretty well summarizes the current state of knowledge.